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Every seam,
planned.
Every IIC, verified.

Broadloom and modular tile takeoff with seam plans, pile direction, and acoustic ratings. Every roll cut, every underlayment SF, every CRI 105 callout. Signed by a senior estimator.

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20-40 minvs 60+ hrs manual
0.3%seam waste avg
IIC ≥ 50multi-family
Pain · Preqonn

What carpet bidding
actually feels like.

Four ways carpet takeoff goes wrong on real jobs. Four ways we already fixed it.

Pain · Manual takeoff

Roll vs. tile, by hand, with arrows.

You're tracing irregular rooms off A-sheets, dragging seam diagrams in two different tools, drawing pile-direction arrows by hand. Waste factor is a guess. One quarter-turn ashlar pattern adds 8% and nobody told the bid.

Source · A-7.20, A-7.21 + finish schedule
Preqonn · Seam plan

Auto seam plan with pile direction.

Every room is gridded, every tile placed, every broadloom seam drawn with LF and pattern offset. Quarter-turn, monolithic, ashlar - pattern locked at the spec, waste reported per room. 0.3% seam waste on the comparable jobs we've shipped.

Output · seam-plan.dwg + tile-layout.pdf
Pain · TCO failure

The IIC line item that fails at TCO.

Multi-family, hospitality, mixed-use. The architect spec'd IIC ≥ 50 per the local code, hid the underlayment requirement in a wall-section note, and your sub priced without the acoustic pad. Acoustic test fails at TCO. Re-install on your dime.

Cite · ASTM E492 (impact), E90 (airborne)
Preqonn · Acoustic check

Underlayment SF tied to IIC/STC.

Every multi-family/hospitality room gets a verified underlayment line. Spec'd IIC, STC, and product number cross-checked against manufacturer tested assemblies. If the system doesn't meet the cited rating, we flag it before bid day with the section reference.

Output · underlayment SF + IIC/STC certificate
Pain · Wrong fiber/back

Nylon 6,6 spec'd, solution-dyed quoted.

Open-office traffic class 4. Spec says nylon 6,6, unitary back for warranty. Sub quotes a solution-dyed PET with cushion back to hit the number. Warranty voids at year three. You eat the replacement.

Cite · CRI 104 §6, mfr traffic-class chart
Preqonn · Fiber matrix

Fiber/backing matched per room.

Every room gets a fiber + backing call against its traffic class and warranty target. Nylon 6,6 unitary at open-office. Solution-dyed cushion at residential. Wool at executive. Conflicts vs. spec flagged with the line that disagrees.

Output · fiber matrix · warranty cross-check
Pain · Sustainability slip

NSF/ANSI 140 missed at LEED audit.

Owner's sustainability spec wants NSF/ANSI 140 Platinum and CRI Green Label Plus. The sub's bid line names the product without the cert level. At LEED submission, two of the spec'd SKUs are Gold-only. Material reorder, schedule slip.

Cite · NSF/ANSI 140 · CRI GLP
Preqonn · Sustainability gate

Cert level enforced at BOM.

Every product line is gated against the spec's required cert tier. Platinum-only? Only Platinum SKUs make the BOM. Substitutions are explicit, ranked, and submitted with the alternates package. Audit-ready by default.

Output · sustainability gate · substitution log
How the seam plan is built

Plan in. Plan out.
Every cut accounted for.

Four stages, in the order an estimator with thirty years on the floor would work. Scroll to advance.

  1. STEP 01

    Floor plan resolved.

    Rooms, doors, partitions extracted from A-sheets. Each space tagged by finish-schedule key.

  2. STEP 02

    Tiles populate, arrows lock.

    24x24 modular tile grid placed. Pile direction set per spec - monolithic, quarter-turn ashlar, or random.

  3. STEP 03

    Seams drawn with LF.

    Broadloom seam lines drawn with linear-foot callouts. Pattern offset and waste factor reported per room.

  4. STEP 04

    Underlayment + IIC verified.

    Acoustic pad SF reconciled to multi-family rooms. IIC, STC, and ASTM E492 results pulled live from the mfr cert.

Fiber · Backing · Traffic class

The matrix
per room.

Every product line auto-mapped to traffic class, fiber, backing, and warranty. The estimator sees the conflict before the bid leaves.

Room type Traffic class Fiber Backing Format Warranty Status
Corridor · L02Common · 4,832 SF Class 4 · Heavy Nylon 6,6 SD Unitary Broadloom · 12' 20 yr commercial Verified
Unit 201–204Residential · 3,210 SF Class 3 · Moderate Nylon 6,6 Cushion Modular · 24" 15 yr residential Verified
Conference 04Executive · 612 SF Class 3 · Moderate Wool · 80/20 Unitary Broadloom · 13'-2" 10 yr commercial Verified
Open Office 03Workstation · 8,946 SF Class 4 · Heavy SD nylon · PET Cushion Modular · 24" 5 yr commercial Mismatch · spec 6,6
Stair 02 · Tower BEgress · 286 SF Class 5 · Severe Nylon 6,6 SD Unitary Modular · 24" Lifetime Verified
Code · Spec · Cert

Auto-checked
against the standards that fail bids.

Every carpet line passes through the same eight checks every senior estimator runs. Citations included with the BOM.

0codes auto-checked per bid
0rooms reconciled in 14 min
0cert-tier gating at BOM
Compliance log · BID #PQ-0719 LIVE
ASTM E492 · IIC ≥ 50Impact insulation, multi-family L02 · pad cert pulled
PASS
ASTM E90 · STC ≥ 50Airborne sound, party walls + floor/ceiling assembly
PASS
CRI 104 · Commercial installSeam plan, pile direction, adhesive open-time verified
PASS
CRI 105 · Residential installCushion type, tackless strip pattern, transition LF
PASS
NFPA 253 · CRF ≥ 0.45 W/cm²Critical radiant flux · corridors + means of egress
PASS
ADA §302.2 · Pile height < 1/2"Securely attached. Trim, beveled edge transitions
PASS
NSF/ANSI 140 · PlatinumSustainable carpet assessment · spec'd tier enforced
PASS
Trade FAQ

The carpet questions
before the demo.

What every carpet bidder actually asks us.

Yes. We split the takeoff by room: corridor broadloom gets seam plan with LF and pattern offset, modular tile rooms get a gridded layout with pile-direction arrows (monolithic, quarter-turn ashlar, or random per spec). Both go on the same BOM, with waste reported per room.
We pull the manufacturer's tested-assembly cert for the carpet + pad + subfloor combination cited in the spec. If the cert doesn't meet ASTM E492 / E90 at the required IIC and STC, the line is flagged before the bid leaves with the section reference. No more failing acoustic test at TCO.
Yes. Every product line is matched to its room's traffic class and the spec'd fiber + backing combination. Nylon 6,6 unitary spec'd with a solution-dyed PET cushion quote? Conflict flagged, warranty implication noted, alternates ranked.
Cert tier is enforced at BOM. Platinum spec'd, only Platinum SKUs make the list. Substitutions appear in the alternates package with the cert level and the LEED credit impact. Audit-ready by default.
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